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Government response to EFRA Committee report on labour shortages

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 6 April 2022 - Categories: Weekly stories
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On Wednesday 6 April, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee published a report on Labour shortages in the food and farming sector. This has received national press coverage in the Financial Times, The Independent, BBC News Online, BBC Farming …

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EFRA committee report on flooding

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 8 February 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
A flood warning sign, on a closed country road next to water logged fields in the Avon Valley, Hampshire, England. Flooded after an extreme amount of rainfall at the start of 2014

Today we look at media coverage of an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee report on flooding, which has called for better mental health support for people who suffer flooding and for a clearer plan on flood resilience.

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Dangerous dogs report

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 17 October 2018 - Categories: Weekly stories
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Coverage on the Efra Committee's report on Dangerous Dogs legislation.

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